Blood sugar testing: Everybody's Doing It. Should They?

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Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. (Doors open at 6:30 p.m.)
MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina
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If you have type 2 diabetes, you are probably testing your blood sugar every day or several times a week. Does all this self-testing really improve your health? Not for most patients with type 2 diabetes, according to the latest research. The evidence shows that if you don't use insulin, you can self-test less often without negatively impacting your health.

But what does this mean for you? How often should you test? What else can you do to manage your diabetes?

Join us for a lively discussion about the difficult but real issues surrounding self-monitoring of blood sugar.

Experts:

• Dr. Ann Colbourne
  Professor of Medicine
  Vice Chair-Clinical
  Department of Medicine
  University of Alberta
  
  
• Dr. Adam B. Gruszczynski
  Family Physician
  Regina General Hospital
  Assistant Professor
  University of Saskatchewan
  
  
• Karen McDermaid
  Pharmacist and Certified Diabetes Educator
  Manager, Rural Pharmacy Practice
  Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region

Moderator:

• Bernard Gauthier
  Chief Executive Officer
  Vision Research Inc.